Fountain paint-brush.



1. S. CREECH.

FOUNTAIN PAINT PRUSH.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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JOHN Sa GREECE, OF .ABERDEELL WASHINGTON.

FOUNTAIN PAINT-BRUSH.

Laemmli.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 19116.

Application filed January 6, 1916. Serial No. 70,659.

T0 all whom it 77mg/ concern Be it known that I, JOHN SCREEGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Chehalis and State of l"fashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Paint-Brushes; and I do declare the following to be a full7 clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fountain paint brushes of the class in which paint from a receptacle is fed continuously to the brush while the latter is being used.

The main object of the invention is to provide a brush of this character which is simple and efficient in construction and which is providedwith `means whereby the operator can control the supply.

Another object is to provide a brush of this character so constructed' as to eectually effect the' distribution of the paint on the article being painted without any loss of paint, to obtain a uniform surface thereof and effect agreat saving in time, thereby greatly reducing the cost of the painting whenv this brush is used. y

-A further object is to provide a paint reservoir on the brush having means operated by the wiping motion of the brush in applying paint, for causing a flow of said paint' from thereservoir to the bristles.

With the above objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fullyv described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section of a brush constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a similar 'view taken in a plane at right angles to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is anv enlarged transverse vertical section takeny on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the feed controlling element of the brush. 4

In the embodiment illustrated, the brush 3 constituting this invention yis shown connected with a supply -pipe 2 adapted to be connected with a source of supply not shown. This Vbrush has a head '11 constructed of metal, wood, or other suitable material and in which bristles i12 are mounted in the usual manner. vThis head 11 is provided Vwith a` handle 13 preferably made integral therewith and which is hollowY throughout its length and has a tube 14 extending longitudinally therethrough and connected at its outer end with the tube 2 as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The inner end ofV this tube 14 extends transversely through the head 11 and is connected with a reservoir a valve casing 15 mounted in said brush head and which is here shown constructed in the form of a cylinder closed at both ends and having an opening 1G midway the length thereof which is designed to register with the inner end of the tube 14, and with A paint feed controlling device or valve 19 is shown revolubly mounted in the reservoir 15 and which conforms to the shape of said reservoir and is of a length slightly less than the length of said reservoir, said feed controller being cylindrical inform and open at both ends, said ends being closed when in operative position by the ends of the reservoir as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. This feed controller 19 is provided in one wall thereof midway its ends,

with an Velongated opening 2O which eX- tends transversely of the cylindrical con troller and is designed to register with the opening 16 in said reservoir at all times, being designed to permit the paint fed through the tube 14 to pass into the controller 19 and from which it is fed through openings formed near opposite ends thereof in the wall diametrically opposite to that which contains the opening 20. The discharge openings 21 of said controller are shown arranged in laterally spaced pairs at opposite ends of the controller, the solid portions between ythe pairs being normally disposed over the discharge openings 17 and 18 of the reservoir 15V when the brush is `not 'in use vas is shown clearly inFig. 3, and whereby said reservoir is securely closed against the discharge of any paint therefrom.

The openings 21 in the controller are posi- Y tioned to register with the openings 17 and 30 of the controller actuating bail 23 extends.

1S when said controller is oscillated in the reservoir by means soon to be described.

A controller actuating device or valve stem is here shown in the form fof a U-shaped bail 23 depending from the controller with the' legs 24 thereof secured at their free ends to the solid portions 22 between the openings 21 (see Figs. 3 and When the controller is disposed within the reservoir, the legs 2A of the actuating bail 23 extend through the openings 17 and 18 of said reservoir (see Figs. 1 and 3) and consequently the turning motion of the controller is limited by the width of these openings 17 and 1S, the legs of the bail coming alternately in contact with the opposite side walls of said openings when the brush is wiped over the surface being painted first in one direcizo tion and then in the other.

A paint delivering device or feeder is shown arranged in the bristles of the brush, being secured at one end to the head 11 of said brush and extending longitudinally of the brush with the side walls thereof converging and terminating at a point spaced from the free ends of the bristles as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, said converging side walls providing a contracted paint dis- ,charge mouth 26 into which the cross bar This feeder 25 is composed of any suitable flexible material, preferably rubber and is designed to yield laterally when the brush is wiped over the surface being painted, thereby causing one or other side walls thereof to engage the member -23 and thus move said member laterally, causing it toturn the controller 19 to bring one or the other pairs of openings 21 into alinement with the openings 17 and 18 of the reservoir and thereby permit paint to pass out from said reservoir into the feeder 25 from which it is fed to the bristles and evenly distributed thereto y throughout the length of the brush.

A cock or valve 27 is shown disposed in the handle of the brush and is adapted to be turned by the operator for controlling the amount of paint supplied through the tube 14 to the reservoir.

In the use of this improved brush, tank 1 having been filled with paint or nearlyso will be admitted from the tube 2 to the reservoir 15 and will be held therein ready for use when the brush is wiped over the sur- Y face to be painted, this wiping action causing the paint to be fed from the reservoir through one pair ofthe openings 21 in the controller 19 and the registering openings 17 and 18 in the reservoir to the distributing feeder 25, through which it is distributed to the bristles of the brush and the wiping action of said brush alternating in opposite directions, moves the bail-shaped member 23 and thus supplies the desired amount of saving in ltime which is usually consumed in dipping the brush in a paint receptacle and also avoiding any loss of paint such as usually occurs in such dipping operations.

I claim as my invention 1. A fountain paint brush comprising a head having bristles, a paint reservoir carried thereby and having an outlet discharging into the center' of the body of bristles, a valve to control the said outlet, and a laterally movable stem for actuating the valve located centrally in the body of bristles and terminating above the lower ends of the bristles whereby said bristles `will directly actuate the stem in the wiping motion of the brush.

2. A fountain paint brush comprising a head having bristles, a paint reservoir carried thereby and having a discharge opening therein, and revoluble means for controlling the discharge of paint from said reservoir operable by the wiping motion of the brush in applying paint.

8. A fountain paint brush comprising a head having bristles, a paint supply connected with said head and discharging into the body of bristles, a valve controlling said supply, a flexible paint distributer extending from said head into the body of bristles and having a discharge mouth located at a point spaced inwardly from the free ends of the bristles, and' a stem connected with said valve and projecting into ysaid distributer and adapted to be engaged and operated by the walls of said distributer during the wiping motion of the brush. v

4. A fountain paint brush comprising a head having bristles, a paint reservoir carried thereby and having an outlet opening therein, a valve movable to and fro to control said outlet and having spaced discharge openings positioned to register with the outlet opening of the reservoir when the valve is moved a pre-determined distance in either direction, and a stem connected with said valve and arranged in the bristles of the brush, and operable thereby on the wiping motion of the brush.

5. A fountain paint brush comprising a head having bristles, a paint reservoir carried thereby and having an outlet opening therein, a valve movable to andfro to control said outlet and having spaced discharge openings positioned to register Vwith the outlet opening of the reservoir (when the valve is moved a pre-determined distance in either direction and a U-shaped bail having the legs thereof secured to said valve in the space between the apertures thereof, said bail extending into the body of bristles with its free end spaced inwardly from the free ends of thebristles and movable by thewiping motion of the brush to actuate the valve.

6. A fountain paint brush comprising a 65. paint to the brush, thereby effecting a great head having bristles, a cylindricalV reservoir Voir, said stem projecting into the body of bristles and operable thereby on the wiping 15 motion of the brush, said reservoir and Valve having inlet openings positioned to register at all times.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing 20 witnesses.

JOHN S. CREECH.

fitnesses FRED EBERsrACHnR, FLORENCE GILLIS.

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